crosier

/kroh-zher/US // ˈkroʊ ʒər //UK // (ˈkrəʊʒə) //

骗子,羊角风,钩针,羊角辫

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- : Botany. the circinate young frond of a fern.

The crosier was perfect, and a part of the body was hard, and of a copper-coloured hue, whilst the other part was decomposed.
Lausanne, extending its episcopal crosier from its lofty towers, pretended to keep the whole country at the feet of the Pope.
The prelates had their swarms of armed retainers, and ruled their flocks with the sword as well as the crosier.
The statue has been mutilated in the mitre, the face, and the crosier; probably when the Huguenots were masters of the city.
The arms are crossed, as in prayer; and the left arm supported a crosier, the remnant of which is seen under that arm.